Monday, September 10, 2007

Super Soup Challenge

Lately the soups I've made have been very simply structured with many extraneous ingredients omitted to allow the main ingredient to be the focus. In keeping with that, I've turned my attention towards cauliflower and put a different spin of the standard Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup.

In many ways what I've made is a soup version of Cauliflower and Béchamel Sauce and as a final touch I've frothed it up to give it almost "cappuccino" like consistency. It's creamy, it's soothing and it's comforting.

Put the cauliflower florets into a pot and cover with milk - place on a low heat and allow to gently simmer until the cauliflower has softened.

When you can mash the cauliflower with a fork, remove the heat. Pour into a blender (or use a stick blender) to process the soup until smooth.

Strain the soup through a fine mesh sieve back into a clean pan. Return to the heat and add a few pieces of blue cheese at a time to the soup. Add as much or as little of the blue cheese as you like. If you don't like blue cheese, try using a Grana or Parmigiano.

When the cheese has melted into the soup, it is ready to serve. Do taste and if necessary, add salt and pepper - depending on the cheese used, you may find you don't need to add any additional seasoning.

Just before serving, froth the soup using a stick blender to create that light and fluffy top.

I've served the soup in little hug bowls so you can happily wrap your hands around the bowl and sip to your hearts content.

24 comments:

What do you know! I am half way through making (guess what) cauliflower soup; just wandered over to the computer to check bloglines. Saw your heading "Super Soup Challenge", thought 'Wouldn't it be funny if it was cauliflower soup!'

Ahem. Yes, so. I'm off to pop a few pieces of blue cheese into my soup and eat. Thanks Haalo, it needed a lift!

This sounds delicious but I was wondering what the actual measurements are for the ingredients...sorry but it would make it easier for me if I knew how much milk and how much cauliflower. Thanks! Looking forward to making it.

Anon - this is the kind of soup where you don't measure - make as much or as little as you like. The amount of milk needed is governed by how much cauliflower you use - just use enough milk to cover the florets and that's it.